Hello readers! It's another week, It's another blog! This time, we are doing something different than all the previous blogs! Half of the blog is going to be about some tech and half of it is going to be a story I wrote. I thought, I am just doing reviews nowadays and I should spice it up a little every alternate Sunday! Let's get to it! Don't miss the story!
But first, some tech
Who has not heard about the famous game, Minecraft . The fact that Minecraft accounts can be expensive holds a lot of us back, but there is a safe, simple and legal way to play it for free. Of course, the free version is not as good as the paid version of Minecraft, it is pretty fun. How do I get it?
Follow these simple steps-
Go to your browser [ any browser will do ]
In your search bar, type “Minecraft Classic”
Click the result
Enter a name and start the game!
You can share the game link and invite unto 9 friends and play together!
A few things to note-
The game runs on your browser so the quality of the game will depend on the speed of your internet and also on the age of your laptop i.e. if your laptop is really old, the game might lag a little.
You need a keyboard to play this game so playing it on your phone is not possible
There is a possibility that your progress might not be saved in Minecraft Classic.
The controls-
Press ‘W’ to move forward.
Press ‘S’ to move backwards.
Press ‘A’ to move left.
Press ‘D to move right.
Press ‘B’ to choose a block to build.
Left click to place or break a block.
Right click to toggle [ switch from one effect to other, here, breaking the block of placing a block ].
Press ‘Alt’ to show settings.
Press ‘Esc’ to show the cursor.
Press ‘space’ to jump.
Press ‘Enter’ to save location.
Press 'R' to return to that location.
Press 'G' to spawn the character Steve as many times as you want [ It will run around for a while and despawn ]
Plus points about Minecraft
Unlike many other games on the Internet, Minecraft classic does not have any inappropriate or violent content.
It is all about building, you can dig underground, make a house with blocks, make tunnels, towers and buildings.
It promotes creativity and gives a chance to exercise one’s creativity. If you can think it, you can build it!
It is appropriate for all ages!
A tip- place sponges in the water to travel faster!
If you want more advanced features, you have to buy a Minecraft account. But trust me, try Minecraft Classic and you won’t regret it.
Today’s Tale
“I don’t believe in that stuff!” I said to my dad. “Dad, I know you work as a psychic medium to help people, but I am sorry, I don’t believe in all of your ‘ghosts are real’ stuff, I need to go get ready, my friends are coming over tonight”. “All right Marcus, your wish. But one day, you will believe me, and don’t get too wild with your friends and get yourself hurt, and take care of Tom and Maria, We will be back in a few hours.” “I know dad, bye”
Tom is my cat, he is the laziest and so is my sister, Maria. My friends, Jacob and Abigail came later that evening. “Is your dad home?” asked Jacob “No, you better not pull out something dangerous from that weird bag of yours". "Don't worry, it's not dangerous, I found it at the cemetery behind your my house. It's a Quija board."
“Jacob! I told you Marcus does not believe in that stuff!” Shouted Abigail ``It's fine”, I said. “ Its just a dumb game and we have nothing else to do”. We set up some candles around the board as Jacob wanted a spooky vibe. He turned off all the lights of the house and Abigail was not happy with that. Ahh! Abigail shouted, “What was that!” She realized a second after that it was just Tom not liking the dark and coming towards the candles. “So, what are we supposed to do?” I asked. Jacob whispered, “Just place your hand lightly on the cursor and ask a question, if there is a spirit here, it will move the cursor and answer our question.
“Sure, the spirit will answer our questions” I said, sarcastically. I never believed in all this, little did I know I was soon going to.
We asked our first question together, “Is there any spirit here that would like to communicate?” Nothing happened for 10 minutes. Jacob yelled, Wait! “We need to invite the spirit first”! “How are we supposed to do that?” I asked “We need to tell it to come in and ask the question, I looked it up on the Internet.” We all chanted together, “We invite a spirit into this home, we would like to communicate, please come in”. Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Jacob and Abigail freaked out. “Calm down,” I said and opened the door. There was a normal looking man. He asked, “What number is this house?” “number 15 on this block sir” I said. He just turned around nodding his head and opened google maps on his phone as he went. “Just a guy confused about directions. Let's get this over with-” I saw that no one was there. They had gone to the kitchen to find some food. “Seriously guys, Let's finish this.” Wait, why is the cursor on yes? Jacob! This is not funny, your pranks are getting annoying. Jacob stammered, “I-It wasn’t m-me”. “Me neither”, added Abigail. I thought it was Tom and continued. I don’t want to play, I am hungry and this is dumb. I sat beside eating muffins as Jacob and Abigail asked their next question. “Is there something here? If yes, please tell us your name”. I heard a loud bang upstairs. “Tom! Stop that, come down here you annoying cat!. Tom crawled out from under the chair I was sitting on. “That wasn’t Tom,” we said. I think we should- before I could finish my sentence, the cursor started moving on its own. Neither Jacob nor Abigail’s hands were on it. It's moving! IT'S MOVING! I was terrified
Tom started Hissing at a dark corner and ran upstairs. What did it spell?
Abigail said, I wrote down the letters. It said- AFRIEND.
A friend? “Are you our friend?” I asked the board. We put our hands on it and the cursor slowly moved to yes and then no. What is that supposed to mean?
We asked, “Please tell us your name” It moved and spelled- MORRIS.
I got a notification on my phone from Maria- “COMEUPSTAIRSHELPME”.
She was sleeping upstairs.
We all stared at it, “It says ‘come upstairs help me’. We were startled by my mom’s voice. “Kids, I am back” I thought she had entered through the back door and gone upstairs. We were relieved. We were sitting in my room downstairs. We were going upstairs, excited to tell mom what had happened. I heard her walking around. Suddenly, my phone rang, It was mom. “Why are you calling me”? I said, no answer from upstairs. I did not pick up the phone and it went to my voicemail. “Hey honey, hope you are having fun, sorry me and your dad won’t be back till tomorrow morning, we are stuck at work, eat something. Bye!” The phone dropped from my hand.
No one had the courage to go upstairs. We hid in our room till my parents came back. We told our dad what happened and he said we invited something negative into the house because of playing with the Quija board, he said it opens portals for spirits.. He knew all this as he was a psychic. Where is Maria?, he asked “She is sleeping in her room upstairs”. I said My mom was checking the door security camera footage as she does after every night and asked me, “Honey, who were you speaking to”? Some man asking for directions, why? She said nothing and stood there staring at me. In the footage, I saw nobody but me, speaking to something. The man i was speaking to wasn't there in the footage. My little sister Maria came downstairs, talking to a doll. Look! She said, “I found this doll, his name is Morris”
My heart skipped a beat. What do you mean! "He says he wants to stay. He says he likes it here". “What was that text you sent by the way?” What text? She said. My dad said he would have to do a ritual to get rid of the spirit in that doll. We did not talk about all of this the whole day, Abigail and Jacob went home.
That night, in my room, I woke up suddenly and found the doll beside me. I felt a weird feeling, I felt like my body was heavier. I felt light headed and not myself. My mom came in to say good night, I said good night but she kept staring at me "Are you ok"? You don't seem like your self. She left the room.
"I like this house" i said to myself At least I had my doll beside me. The doll I loved. “It's ok” I told the doll “No one will disturb us here, I know how upset you got when that boy Jacob took that board and took us along with him.
Marcus is gone too, his body is mine now, no one can disturb us…………...
I love the story...and not me now rushing to get minecraft classic on my pc😂😂